The Story
This is an 11-story collection built around speculative premises, with each story centering on a different uncanny idea. The stories move through hidden countries, dream states, parallel universes, robot-related investigation, stolen poetry, strange scientific paradoxes, and other reality-bending setups.
Many of the stories are framed as puzzles or revelations, with readers expected to piece together meanings from partial information rather than receive full explanations. Several reviews describe the book as mixing science fiction with fantasy, surrealism, psychological tension, and occasional satirical or journalistic tones.
Across the collection, the recurring experience is one of surprise, uncertainty, and intellectual curiosity. The stories often end abruptly or open-endedly, leaving readers to continue thinking after the page ends, and several reviews single out a handful of stories as especially memorable or strongest in the book.
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Details
- Authors
- Shibabrata Barman
- First published
- 2019
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fantasy, Bangladesh
- ISBN-13
- 9789848034125
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